| SIMENON | Author best-known for his novels featuring Commissaire Maigret (7) |
| CORNWELL | British author best known for his novels about Richard Sharpe, set during the Napoleonic Wars (8) |
| GEORGES | Author of detective novels featuring Inspector Maigret (7,7) |
| CLELAND | John ___, author best known for his novel Fanny Hill (7) |
| GOLDING | William ---, 20th Century British author best known for his novel Lord Of The Flies (7) |
| ELLISON | Ralph ---, 20th Century American novelist best known for his novel Invisible Man (7) |
| LARSSON | Stieg ---, Swedish author of the Millennium trilogy of novels, featuring Lisbeth Salander (7) |
| CLEEVES | Ann ___ , English author who wrote the Shetland crime novels featuring Detective Jimmy Perez (7) |
| LATIMER | Jonathan --, author of a series of novels featuring private eye William Crane (7) |
| GOTHICS | Novels featuring ingenues in spooky settings |
| CUCKOOS | "One flew east, one flew west," went the children's rhyme Ken Kesey took his novel's title from, One |
| RETREAD | Maigret readership includes one brought out of retirement (7) |
| RAGTIME | Maigret playing Joplin's sort of music (7) |
| DENNIS | ____ Lehane, author noted for his novels Mystic River and Shutter Island (6) |
| IAINBANKS | Scottish author noted for his novels The Wasp Factory and The Crow Road (4,5) |
| WILBUR | ____ Smith, Zambian-born author noted for his novels chronicling the lives of the Courtney family (6) |
| ELTON | Ben, English actor, comedian and author noted for his novels Popcorn and High Society (5) S |
| BENELTON | British comedian noted for his novels Dead Famous and High Society (3,5) |
| WILLIAMGOLDING | 20th-century British author best known for his novel Lord Of The Flies (7,7) |
| PASTERNAK | Boris ___, Russian author best known for his novel Dr Zhivago (9) |
